Episode 140— March 13th, 2023
Cube and the Soul of Limited With Ryan Saxe
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2:16Rotisserie Corner
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4:30Is Cube somewhere between Limited and Constructed?
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8:51What does “limited” mean to Ryan and Anthony?
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17:41Heuristics vs. Cards — The Rules of Engagement of a Format
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27:53Why a Flat Power Level Isn’t Necessarily a Good Thing
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36:21Describing the Value of a Speculative Pick
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43:47What percentage of a Cube is glue?
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46:27The Irregular Cube and the Nature of Power Outliers
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57:49Slot Equity
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1:01:01What does NOT count as a “Limited” Cube?
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1:10:14Does a truly flat power level ruin the draft?
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1:18:50Designing for the Draft
Andy and Anthony are joined by Ryan Saxe for a deep conversation on Cube design. They talk about the design of “low power” Cubes, lessons we can take from limited sets and apply to Cubes, and the important impacts of power level disparities on gameplay.
Discussed in this episode:
- The Iron Giant
- Limited Resources
- R House in Baltimore
- Who’s on First?
- The Degenerate Micro Cube
- Ryan’s Buildaround Cube
- Internet’s Pauper Cube
- Using the Other Half of Your Cube
- Zach Barash on Twitter
- Anthony’s Irregular Cube
- Playing the Irregular Cube on Stream
- Anthony’s Turbo Cube
- Andy’s Day Zero Prediction About Companions
- Ryan’s Constructed Cube
- Ryan on Twitter
- The Cube Map
- Graph Theory
- Topology
- Regression Learning
- UMAP Projection
- Hypercube
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Musical production by DJ James Nasty.